Live Budget News

Is the Union Budget unnecessarily hyped  

23 Apr 2013, 5.25 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

People tend to spend more time and efforts in analyzing Union Budget. While there are some points that would impact common man but other than that Bud...

Below 5689 Nifty may fall to 5634-5594: Angel Broking  

04 Apr 2013, 9.35 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

According to report by Angel Broking, if Nifty trades below 5689 levels for the first half-an-hour of trade then it may correct up to 5634-5594 levels...

Food Bill could be passed in Budget Session:FM  

23 Mar 2013, 5.48 pm  |  Source: PTI

Finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday hoped the landmark Food Security Bill, to ensure the right to highly subsidised foodgrains to poor, would b...

FinMin may review excise duty hike on SUVs: Sources   

22 Mar 2013, 10.08 am  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

There could be some relief in the offing for automakers as the finance ministry is likely to review the 3 percentage point hike in excise duty on SUVs...

Avoid trading in F&O space ahead of Budget, says Fin Stream  

21 Mar 2013, 3.19 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Amit Trivedi, director, Fin Stream Financial Advisors, says that in last one month most of the markets around the world reached an 18 month high and n...

Budget Talk: Sow seeds of a golden generation Mr FM  

19 Mar 2013, 5.08 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It February again and like every year the lists come out with everyone’s expectations from the Finance Minister. It’s a different matter altogethe...

Govt to give Rs 25,000cr additional fuel subsidy  

18 Mar 2013, 6.35 pm  |  Source: PTI

The government will pay Rs 25,000 crore additional cash subsidy to state-owned fuel retailers to make up for part of the revenue they lost on selling ...

Live Budget Analysis: Budget not to have impact on sovereign rating, says S&P   

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Finance minister says no choice but to rationalise spending. The total budget estimate for FY14 at Rs 16.65 lakh crore. ...

Satisfied by FinMin clarification on TRC, says Samir Arora   

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Samir Arora, fund manager, Helios Capital, says that a fact needs to be appreciated that the government has become very responsive. He is of the view ...

Budget Analysis: Attaining fiscal deficit target of 4.8% is a challenge  

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It was up to the finance minister to appease the trinity of Growth-Fiscal Deficit and Current Account deficit. In trying to do so, the finance minist...

Union Budget 2013 - 14: A Women's Bank: Is it the need of hour?  

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

In Union Budget 2013-14, Finance Minister - P Chidambaram advocated the cause of women empowerment. He proposed to set up India's first ever state-own...

Union Budget 2013 - 14: FM's math worked, will the economy follow suit?  

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Union Budget 2013-14 could be termed prudent but not outright populist! The FM did some things right and while many expectations were met, the Budget ...

Budget 2013: Mauritius shouldn't be preferred route of investment: FM   

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Clarifying the government's stance on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA), the Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in an exclusive intervi...

Budget 2013: Mkt banks on RBI; policy clarity to woo FIIs: Deutsche   

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Pratik Gupta, head - Deutsche Equities India, says that post Union Budget the biggest issue for the government is revival of capex cycle. The next big...

Budget 2013: Is Chidambaram's tax googly beneficial to foreign investors   

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Although, market expectations were quite high, the Finance Minister failed to deliver and presented an average budget which did not excite investors m...

Union Budget 2013: Why Chidu's Lo-Cal budget is a flop-show  

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

If Palaniappan Chidambaram’s eighth budgethas not set the markets on fire, it can be easily explained: his first goal was to avoid doing damage to i...

Budget Analysis: How will the Budget 2013 impact you  

18 Mar 2013, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The union budget was announced today, and as expected there was a lot of excitement around it, and a lot of ink (more electronic than real) will be po...

Expect FY14 to be better than FY13: IOB CMD    

16 Mar 2013, 2.16 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

M Narendra, CMD of Indian Overseas Bank spoke to CNBC-TV18, on slidelines of CFO awards, regarding his outlook for the financial year 2013-14. ...

Staying optimistic key to surviving tough times: L&T CFO   

15 Mar 2013, 11.04 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

CNBC-TV18 honours India Inc’s top chief financial officers (CFOs) in a gala even in Mumbai. The CFO of Larsen & Tubro, Shankar Raman won the best CF...

Demand limp despite discounts, say auto dealers   

15 Mar 2013, 5.00 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Sundeep Bafna, zonal chairman, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that demand in the auto sector...

Budget 2013: How will it impact indirect tax disputes?  

15 Mar 2013, 4.12 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

While Budget 2013 may not have met the expectations of the industry on various fronts, however, a couple of steps have been made by the government in ...

Budget Reactions: Deficit cut tough on higher tax, dull GDP growth: KM Global  

15 Mar 2013, 3.59 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

KM Global has come out with its report on Union Budget 2013-14. ...

Budget Analysis: Find out: Changes made to make RGESS attractive  

15 Mar 2013, 3.57 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) has started operations and there are a few details related to the tax benefit that the individual will ...

Union Budget 2013 - 14: Time to realign your finances  

15 Mar 2013, 3.57 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It has neither given you much nor has it taken things away from you – that is probably a better way to put Budget 2013-14. ...

Q4 earnings to fall; ONGC, Maruti top picks: Motilal Oswal   

15 Mar 2013, 3.24 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Rajat Rajgarhia, head-research, Motilal Oswal Securities says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that he expects Q4 earnings to fall and says ONGC and Mar...

Chidambaram expects growth rate to move up to 7% in 2 years  

15 Mar 2013, 2.22 pm  |  Source: PTI

Seeking to dispel fears over the state of economy, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the country will return to high growth of 7 per cent in t...

India still attractive; post-Budget reform key: Damani   

14 Mar 2013, 6.41 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

The finance minister (FM) needs a booming stock market to yoke the fiscal deficit. A buoyant market will help the FM reach disinvestment target of Rs ...

Expect WPI to go below 6% in Mar: Credit Suisse   

14 Mar 2013, 2.27 pm  |  Source: CNBC-TV18

Robert Prior-Wandesforde of Credit Suisse says, in an interview to CNBC-TV18, that a surprise fall in core inflation is expected. The India and Southe...

Budget 2013: Will it help in reducing tax disputes and litigations?  

14 Mar 2013, 2.06 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Despite Government’s attempts to simplify the tax regime, India still witnesses a complex multi-tier and multi-rate system of transaction taxes levi...

Budget 2013-14: Tax-payers pray for higher limits, tax-friendly schemes  

14 Mar 2013, 2.05 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

While India’s Annual Budget is important to understand the Government’s planned revenue and expenditure, it is equally important to the common man...